Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves.

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.

He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.

We are ruined, not by what we really want, but by what we think we do; therefore never go abroad in search of your wants; if they be real wants, they will come home in search of you; for he that buys what he does not want, will soon want what he cannot buy.

The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.

A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.